Pecha Kucha Take 2

Okay, I was wrong. In my previous discussions about the Pecha Kuchas, I had indicated that I thought they would be too long. Actually, it wasn't long enough. I really tried to limit what I said about each book and I tried to talk as fast as I could while still being understood - and I still ended up about 10 seconds too long on each slide. I am continuing to tweak it but I'm not sure I'll be able to get it down to 20 seconds per image. I know that's hard for a lot of you to believe, since I am always at a loss for words!!! Overall it was a lot more fun than I thought it would be. This would definitely be a interesting project for students to force them to be as succinct as possible. I think they would enjoy it.

PREZI!!!

I love Prezi. I have used it for a number of presentations and I think it is fantastic. It can have a tendency to have too much movement, and make the audience sick, until the creator gets used to using it more effectively. I feel that I use more of the principles of Presentation Zen when I use Prezi. I am less likely to resort to bullet points or writing out my whole presentation. It forces you to really focus on the important points and highlight them by literally zooming in on them. You need to be more organized and have a more well thought out "story" to use Prezi effectively. I think my audiences, mostly students, think it's pretty cool too.

Pecha Kucha

When I started writing my post for this week - I realized that I had missed mine for last week. So....I have to say that thus far, this is my favorite class. I think that the ideas and sites are the most applicable to what I do everyday and I can easily see how they could be used with my students. I love Animoto. I have used it a number of times before, and I have had my students use it on a number of occasions. I like that it is easy to use and still gives you a very professional looking product. The one thing that I'm a little hesitant about is the Pecha Kucha. A first you think that 20 seconds isn't that long for a slide, but you don't really look at one image for that long in most presentations. I tend to do a lot of mini-lessons in my job and don't usually talk for close to 7 minutes straight. I'll have to see how this works as I get started on my storyboard.